Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
dyehouse .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word dye-house.
Examples
-
In the year 1785, Mr. George Mackintosh … engaged Monsieur Papillon, an eminent Turkey-red dyer from Rouen in Normandy, carried him with him to Glasgow, and … built an extensive dye-house near Dalmarnock.
-
Here he built a saw-mill and added carding and cloth dressing machinery as well as a dye-house, and finally established a chair factory, so that in these, their best days, the mills of Mr. Mallory gave employment to twenty-five or thirty men and one-third as many women in the different kinds of work.
-
Here he built a saw-mill and added carding and cloth dressing machinery as well as a dye-house, and finally established a chair factory, so that in these, their best days, the mills of Mr. Mallory gave employment to twenty-five or thirty men and one-third as many women in the different kinds of work.
-
Only the dyeing of the fleeces and fulling of the cloth were put out into the experienced hands of Godfrey Fuller, who had his dye-house and fulling-works and tenterground just down-river, under the wall of the castle.
The Rose Rent Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1986
-
A fire broke out in the picker-room and dye-house, destroying the building.
The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886 Various
-
As to alpaca, a dye-house is being built, not _more_ than
Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls Anonymous
-
There are several methods of preparing, or setting the dye vat, and of each of these modifications are in use in every indigo dye-house: --
The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Franklin Beech
-
Christ as their patron; and Bischoff says that they at present call a dye-house Christ's workshop, from a tradition they have that He was of that profession.
-
-- The aquafortis vessel to be outside the dye-house, or, if inside, to be provided with a funnel to carry away the nitrous fumes, as it is dangerous to other colors.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 Various
-
The skeins after being laced were then bundled, or packed tightly, to be sent to the dye-house.
The Story of Silk Sara Ware Bassett 1920
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.